Big John Is My Name - Rare Earth | The Midnight Special

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  • February 1, 1974
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Комментарии • 41

  • @Michelle-RIPAMERICA1-20-25
    @Michelle-RIPAMERICA1-20-25 8 месяцев назад +43

    We were big fans in 1974 ! OMG.....50 years ago.......I was 21..Thanks for the memory ❤❤❤

    • @Washington-Dreaming
      @Washington-Dreaming 8 месяцев назад +3

      1974 was a bad year although I was very young. The Vikings lost to the Dolphins in the Super Bowl. And I think Dennis Rader committed his first murders right afterwards. Maybe Nixon resigned too. And gas prices doubled overnight, I think from 25 cents a gallon to 50 although I wasn’t paying so I can’t remember exactly. I just remember my dad swearing up a storm when he had to fill a 30-gallon tank. But seriously I was very young so my memory is pretty hazy.

    • @thomaswilliams8487
      @thomaswilliams8487 8 месяцев назад +2

      I was 14 Big Rare Earth fan

    • @John-iq9xi
      @John-iq9xi Месяц назад

      Okay brother so when was 1974? I'm thinking if you don't know you weren't there man!🎉❤

    • @John-iq9xi
      @John-iq9xi Месяц назад

      ​@@Washington-Dreamingunfortunately I do man, however it's still Kool cause BIG JOHN IS MY NAME 🎉

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 8 месяцев назад +29

    Awesome band! So funky and soulful! One of my favorites!🔥💜

  • @sungodrah
    @sungodrah 8 месяцев назад +21

    Awesome !! big bad Pete Rivera on the skins and vocals.incredible..xoxox

  • @curtisphilumalee1447
    @curtisphilumalee1447 8 месяцев назад +30

    Love me some Rare Earth. They were on point with this performance. Thanks for the upload TMS.

  • @Abner_Devereaux_Jr
    @Abner_Devereaux_Jr 8 месяцев назад +21

    Amazing Talent!

  • @MOS650
    @MOS650 8 месяцев назад +23

    All these years I never knew Rare Earth sang Big John Is My Name… it was constantly played on the R&B radio stations.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 8 месяцев назад +13

    Rare Earth was FULL UP with top notch musicians - love this groovy - super funky band !!! Makes me wanna dance !!! 🎉 Can You GET DOWN? 🎉🎉

  • @gailjohnson5950
    @gailjohnson5950 Месяц назад +2

    I have always loved this band so much, and so many people have never heard them. These guys ROCK!!

  • @charlienair1724
    @charlienair1724 2 месяца назад +3

    Another underrated band....awesome group

  • @matthewclark9652
    @matthewclark9652 8 месяцев назад +11

    Saw Rare Earth (minus Peter Rivera) in the old Holiday Inn in Midland, Michigan back in June of 1993. Then I saw & met Peter Rivera during the "Classic Rock All Stars" concert at the Midland County Fairgrounds in Midland, MI back in August of 2005. The song "Big John Is My Name" almost reminds me of The Jackson 5 song "Whatever You Got, I Want" also from 1974.

  • @ricardogonzalezgomez7433
    @ricardogonzalezgomez7433 4 месяца назад +4

    Nothing better than watching n listening to this great Beautiful music n performance

  • @CarollPearson-o7i
    @CarollPearson-o7i 8 месяцев назад +6

    Spectacular!!

  • @silentlou4375
    @silentlou4375 8 месяцев назад +7

    Oh man I enjoyed that, them guys got it.

  • @mkoehler222
    @mkoehler222 8 месяцев назад +4

    My favorite band growing up. Had it on 8 track tape lol.

  • @HexxHenderson
    @HexxHenderson 8 месяцев назад +5

    Saw these guys at the world of wheels car show in Denver, Colorado back about 1985. What a treat after listening to them for many years on the radio.

  • @jabarprincess4538
    @jabarprincess4538 4 месяца назад +1

    Oh my god..i love the beginning 0:16
    of this song with Peter Rivera in the drums in his youth... So handsome!🔥✌️❤🎶🥁

  • @SteveKraus
    @SteveKraus 8 месяцев назад +7

    A classic

  • @mlrrock1
    @mlrrock1 8 месяцев назад +7

    Drummer giving 110% , let your freak flag fly😂

  • @RickMidnight
    @RickMidnight 8 месяцев назад +6

    Killer!!!

  • @christinarubio3082
    @christinarubio3082 4 месяца назад +1

    🔥❤️🎼🤘🏼‼️

  • @Erdnase23
    @Erdnase23 8 месяцев назад +4

    Real. Deal.

  • @drivenmad7676
    @drivenmad7676 8 месяцев назад +11

    As if playin drums wasn't hard enough.

  • @RonaldMorgan-n7o
    @RonaldMorgan-n7o 3 месяца назад

    Another great Norman Whitfield composition!

  • @richbumdrop2881
    @richbumdrop2881 6 месяцев назад +2

    Production by Norman Whitfield,rip

  • @Washington-Dreaming
    @Washington-Dreaming 8 месяцев назад +2

    I don’t really remember these guys since I was really young and it wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. But they seem to have this “controlled chaos” thing going on that’s interesting. I don’t know their history but they have some elements of New Orleans sounds to me. I went there once and had one too many Hurricanes. I luckily walked back safely to my hotel near Bourbon Street though.

    • @richbumdrop2881
      @richbumdrop2881 8 месяцев назад +1

      Check out funky black man

    • @gailjohnson5950
      @gailjohnson5950 Месяц назад

      They were the first white group to ever be signed by Motown Records. !!

  • @chrisduffy2891
    @chrisduffy2891 8 месяцев назад +2

    Is that Bob Ross playing a happy little guitar?

  • @JorgeTorres-nk5gw
    @JorgeTorres-nk5gw 8 месяцев назад +1

    Get ready por favor en esa calidad.

  • @mdarrenu
    @mdarrenu 8 месяцев назад +2

    The guy on the bass looks a heck of a lot like the one and only Skunk. Although he's a bit too tall i think.

    • @cm8908
      @cm8908 6 месяцев назад +1

      Bass player is mike

  • @robertcassey4014
    @robertcassey4014 8 месяцев назад +4

    I didn’t know Gary Mule Deer was the lead guitarist for Rare Earth… 😂😂😂

  • @shadow31305
    @shadow31305 8 месяцев назад +1

    Can we get one of gordon lightfoot

  • @Washington-Dreaming
    @Washington-Dreaming 8 месяцев назад

    “Rare Earth.” I suppose if these guys had been born, oh, 40 years later or so, they might’ve not become musicians and instead worked for Tesla.

  • @neilgarlick9480
    @neilgarlick9480 3 месяца назад

    Mel Smith on drums and vocals

  • @k_DAN
    @k_DAN 8 месяцев назад +3

    I can't stand this new RUclips layout ! Get rid of it YT !